Graining-tool.



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UNITED sTA-TEs PATENT OPEIOE.

.- WALTER L. COOKE AND ALBERT H. BATES, oE'cLEvELAND, OHIO, AsvsIcNoRs To' THE OHIO vARNIsH COMPANY, OF oLEvELAND,

OHIO, A ooRPoRATION OE OHIO; y

-, GRAlNl'NG-Tool..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. "25, 190e.

` v'Appiiaaion Hed may 21,1906.l serial No. 317,893.

Toa/ZZ whom t 11n/@ty concern:

- `Be it known that we, WALTER L. COOKE l and ALBERT H. BATES, citizens of the United States, residing at. Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State'of Ohio, have inventy fed a certain new and useful Improvement 'in 'i yGrraining-Tools, of which the 'following is `a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The obj ect of this invention is to provide aL simple, and efficient graining-tool adapted for use 1n giving theeifect of the natural grain to the'wood-as floors, for example. A rubber structure havingv concentric grooves has heretofore been employed forthis purpose, either inv liiatform or tubular form. These .devices are-lacking in that they do nothave 4a handle-for .the convenient manipulation of the graining-tool, while the tubular tools have the further disadvantage, that their cylindrical surface cannot be brought into engagement with the iioor immediately adj-al cent to the wall, wherefore that portion of the floor is very liable to present a different appearance from the rest. l,

u'r invention is designed to overcome this diiculty Vand provide a grainingtool havf "ing a .handle for ordinary manipulation, the

graining-pad"` being held on a cylindrical head, while for starting the operation at the `walls andother places the tool may be used hat..

This invention makes the tool universal in f its application yand at the same time very convenient in its o eration.

- The drawings c early disclose the invenf tion.

' Figure lis a perspective :view of the tool complete with the graining-padin the position itfusually occupies. Fig. 2l is a crossf sectionthrough the headon a plane out of the diameter,as'indioated by they, line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the toolv` of the graining-pad itself.

with the graining-pad free for use as a flat surface adjacent to walls or 'as a concave surface on columns, &c. Fig. 4 isla bottom view Referring to thel arts by letters, A represents the cylindrica head, which may be of wood, and B thehandle, which may be secured tothe head by extending into a hole circular,` l but semicircular,

the head along that Aedge of the pad which is substantially in the line'of the diameter of `the grooves-that is, the bottom edge in Fig. 3..

l lun the drawings, F'indicates tacks which secure both the pad and one edge of the backing-sheet to the head. The other edge of the backing member is secured to the lhead in a suitable manner, as by tacks'. (Not shown.)

.To conveniently hold the pad in curved form aboutpthe head, we provide ahbale E,

.which has ends' turned into openings in the ends of the head and has an intermediate portion e, adapted to extend across the pad D and hold it in place, as shown in Fig. 1. The inturned ends of the b'ale take into openings in the head at the points indicated by a, which are between the axis of the head and the side thereof where the ad rests, being nearer the secured end of t e pad than the free end. This eccentric pivoting causes the p bale to pinch the ad more tightly the more it is forced onto t e pad, thus enabling it to securely hold the pad in curved position,

(shown in Fig. 1,) While when the bale is swung in the opposite direction it immediately clears the pa'd, releasing it.

The path of k.movement of the clamping portion e of the bale is indicated by the roken line in Fig. 3. In the released portion if the bale is swung upward substantially against the under side of the handle it ,bearsy against the head with friction suiiicient vto hold it in this position against accidental displacement. x

lt will be seen .that our tool normally provides a cylindrical surface with a handle, which is the most convenient form for the usual grainin The soft backing member allows the too to be used in this form on surfaces possessing considerable unevenness-as warped boards, for example-while by simply IOO swinging the bale the pad becomes flat and may be used Wherever a flat surface is desirable.

Having thus described our invention, We claim- 1. In a graining-tool, the combination of a body and a grainng-pad permanently secured thereto at one edge and free at the other.

2. In-a graining-tool, the combination of a solid Wood head having a curved under portion, a flexible curved pad secured at one edge to such head and adapted to be used at or curved about the head.

8. In a graining-tool, the combination of a cylindrical Wooden head, a ilexible grooved pad secured at one edge to such head and a soft backing member between the pad and head. y

4. In a graining-tool, the combination of a head, a flexible pad secured at one edge to such head, and a bale secured to the ends of the head and adapted to extend across the ad. p 5. In a graining-tool, the combination of a cylindrical head having a handle, a flexible pad secured at one edge to such head and adapted to be used flat or curved about the head, and a bale secured to the ends of the head adapted'to extend across the pad, the bale being pivoted eccentrieally, so as to bind the pad in clamping it and free the pad in releasingit.

6. In a graining-tool, the combination of a rigid cylindrical head, a grooved pad adapted to lie about a portion of the cylindrical surface, said pad having less arcual length than the circumference oi' the cylinder, means for holding the pad permanently at one edge and freely at the other, and a handle secured to the head on the opposite side from the a p 7. In a graining-tool, the combination of a solid Wooden cylindrical head, a handle set into a central radial opening in the head, a grooved pad adapted to lie about that portion of the head which is substantially opposite the handle, the edges of said pad being a considerable distance from said handle, means for permanently holding one edge of the pad to the head, and means for temporarily holding the other edge of the pad to the head.

8. In a graining-tool, the combination of a head having a curved under portion, a llexible pad secured at one edge to such head and adapted to be used lat or curved about the head, and a soft backing between the pad and head, said backing being secured at both edges to the head.

In testimony whereof We hereunto allix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

WALTER L. COOKE. ALBERT H. BATES. Witnesses J. B. I-IULL, S. E. FoU'rs. 

